I still have to finish painting it otherwise it won't last long. For most of the year the bottom is going to be open and I will just slide in a piece of plywood under the screen for a few weeks in August to check for mites.

On top of the stand will sit a slatted rack from betterbee. That will give me the height between the bottom and the 1st broad box. I decided to try building something after spending nearly 40 bucks on a hive stand and a SBB (+ shipping).

Allan, you really did a great job, and to think that it came from scraps. Now that is innovation. Good for you.

In our course one of the other students was telling us (he runs commercial apiaries) that in all of his apiaries he keeps one or two "superhorses". Basically similar to a sawhorse, but the top is rectangular to hold supers when you are lifting them off the colonies. I have had the idea explained indepth to me, and I am going to ask my husband to construct one for me. When he does, I will post a picture.

This superhorse seemed like an excellent idea for ease of lifting supers and needing a place to set them. And it can be made to fit specific heights. I am challenged in the vertical sense and I need things tailored to my 5 foot 2 inch body. I usually set mine on the ground angled across the lid, but it is hard on the back to lift them up and down, so superhorse innovation here I come. Have the best of the best day. Cindi

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There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold. The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold. The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see, what the night on the marge of Lake Lebarge, I cremated Sam McGee. Robert Service